East Markham, The Village And St John The Baptist Church c.1955
Photo ref: E168007
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Photo ref: E168007
Photo of East Markham, The Village And St John The Baptist Church c.1955

A Selection of Memories from East Markham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from East Markham

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My great grandfather - John Stacey had the first petrol station on the A1 at Markham Moor. It was situated where the flags are on the photo. I have a photo of him stood outside the petrol station. He then sold the garage on to Mr Turner and started a threshing machine business. He bought land the other side of the buildings with flags in the photo and built a home. Before moving to Markham Moor, he spent all his ...see more
I remember my father moving to East Markham Hall in about 1937. We moved from Ranskill and there were three of us kids and Mum and Dad. He paid £50 a year rent from Mr Wrench who lived next door in a cottage. There was a big garden, a kitchen garden with a 6ft wall round it with a greenhouse with a boiler which I had to keep going during the winter. We kept chickens, ducks and till the war, and ...see more